A framework for the application of knowledge technology to the management of diseases
Faith‐Michael Uzoka, J.O. Famuyiwa · International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance · 2004
Medical diagnosis and treatment constitute a network of interrelated processes. The conventional method of medical diagnosis and treatment of diseases involves a state space search of the medical knowledge of diseases and patient history, which could be combinatorially explosive. This paper presents a report on the experimental study of an intelligent, interactive, user-friendly, knowledge-based system which performs a stepwise analysis of a patient's complaints, filtering cognitive and emotional elements to be able to make inferences. It applies both forward and backward chaining in making inferences concerning the management of disease. A case study of the system is carried out using some tropical diseases. It is believed that the system will serve as a useful contribution towards tropical medical informatics.